In Las Vegas, gamblers are encouraged to spend their money around the clock
In Las Vegas,u00a0 gamblers are encouraged to spend their money around the clock. Now, a new set of photographs has revealed that even the garish carpets that line casinos have an important part to play in this agenda.
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Mind games: The carptet designs are a violent assault on the senses |
Chris Maluszynski (35), has spent four years snapping the kaleidoscopic designs after noticing them on a business trip. They include samples from the MGM Grand, Bellagio, Luxor and The Flamingo. He said, "I found myself trying to give my eyes a rest from the chaos by looking at the floor, but there is no respite. The carpets were as loud as everything else out there and I was blown away by the detail and effort that had gone into them."
The extreme carpets unleash an assault on the senses in a deliberate attempt to keep tourists wide awake. This is compounded by the fact that Vegas casinos don't have windows so that customers become confused about what time of day it is. Dr David Schwartz from the Center for Gaming Research, Nevada said, "Casino carpet is known as an exercise in deliberate bad taste that somehow encourages people to gamble."
